These snaps were taken (mainly) on 22 -24 November.
For reasons I can't now recall, but probably related to Commonwealth Park still being blocked off thanks to NCA, we switched our morning walks to the suburb of Reid. This is n the far side of Glebe Park. Our three walks are shown in different colors here.
I have studied the various stickers people use to keep snail-spammers at bay. This is a new one!
The walks all end up in ANZAC Park which is sort of the service road alongside ANZAC Parade. This image shows the back of the Vietnam War Memorial.
This suburb was set out in the first days of Canberra. As a result there are wide nature strips, parks and shady trees. Very pleasant compared to the Bogan Plains now being created.
Most of the houses still look original, at least from the front. There have been a few knockdowns of which these are examples. But the new houses are pleasant, not 3 story McMansions.
This one had 2 Porsches out the front, and a large flock of Magpied waiting to be fed.
I went for a bird walk around the Campbell Park area in a vague hope of seeing the Red-backed Kingfisher. As that has not been sighted for about 6 weeks I was not surprised I failed.
There were quite a few interesting birds around including this pair of Gang-gangs. I thought the female was exploring a nest hollow but when another birder followed up he found no trace.
An Eastern Rosella was giving a thistle some beak
While Little Corellas were pecking each other!
On our second walk in Reid we came across some art.
Returning to the apartment, in Glebe Park we found a re-enactment of civil disobedience, appropriately in front of the Mahatma's statue.
On a rainy day the Target carpark was chockers ...
.. with a queue to get out.
Still a few unused disabled spots!
This is the scene on a work day mid-morning. I did a careful assessment later and thought the nearer rooftop was about 70% of capacity. Pre-COVID it was 100% full by 0830.
At some point we revisited Commonwealth Park. No work going on at all. A Swamphen and chick were nice to see.
While Frances filled an appointment I went to North Weston ponds to check the birds.
It was somewhat damp and the track was very slippery. There was a huge outflow between the two ponds.
That led me to ponder the likely state of Scrivener Dam. Three pipes open, but they hadn't dropped any of the gates.
On the evening news there was a story about the Christmas decorations so on looking out of my window the glass 'tree' was illuminated. I shall take a more complete image next visit.
The drive back to Mallacoota on 25 November was in foul weather. From Royalla to Bredbo was some of the most challenging rain I have driven in. From Bredbo to Bomabala was just miserable driving in rain for most of the time, but at Bombala the heavens opened again with mini rivers coming out of drives. It was again horrible driving for the 25 km to Imlay Rd with fog (or low cloud) joining the mix for the drop down to the Genoa River. Thereafter it wasn't too bad. I had awfulised about the state of the 5km of roadworks after Genoa but the new roadbase was in good order so no problem. In view of the crappy weather it was surprising that the trip only took about 15 minutes more than usual.
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